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Installing a Cobblewood Floor
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" Okay right now we're gonna talk with Birger Juell; and Birger you pretty much developed this type of flooring right?"
" That's right."
" Yeah, it's just a beautiful idea."
" Well, a man came to me with some all lumber out of an old factory."
" Donnelley [unk] in fact. He said I got millions of these little squares"
" They have 3 x 4 x 6. And we used in a machine shop, so they paint the floors in the machine shop----"
" Shop."
" to absorb the shock of the----"
" to----"
" running [unk]"
" and the truck and everything with [unk] very durable."
" Yeah."
" So, and of course it would block and terribly he said "Well, see what you can do". So, I took it home----"
" and I split it in 2, and look to that this great grain----"
" Yeah"
" And I said, wow! It has the possibility."
" Sure."
" So, I put together a sample and put it in my show room"
" And people liked it."
" I sold a job."
" So, all you do is you take old beams from barns now?"
" Yes, we take, we buy our barns----"
" Yeah."
" and get beams, slice them to whatever dimension we want."
" Right."
" And then hand bevel and install them."
" Fantastic."
" All you do is put a little beveled edge on it----"
" Yes."
" and you get the feeling of old cobblestone"
" The cobblestone."
" Kind of, yeah."
" That's where the cover wood comes in"
" Exactly, let's talk with Chuck about the installation process. Hi Chuck."
" Hi!"
" You've already, well, you've already put some down what---- well, take us back. What's the first consideration here?"
" The first thing to do is map out the room. Start right down the center of the room----"
" with a chalk line squared up both ways. So, this is a 12-foot wide room when you went to the 6 squared point."
" 5 to 6 feet. What about the subfloor that we gave you was it good enough?"
" Yeah, this is a good shape and this would be a pretty sound 3/4-inch plywood subfloor----"
" Right"
" all that can be sold and installed over time for it also."
" Yes."
" Now, the next move is just to keep putting down snap lines to keep it fairly uniform."
" Do you do it in sections put it at times or what?"
" I do about 5 rows at a time. That's what I've done here. I've set up here for 5 rows."
" Alright, and you have to put down a chalk line for each row or----"
" Right, just to keep it uniformed. We got it marked out already."
" So, here, I'll hold this way."
" Okay."
" What a big low isn't it?"
" Get it?-Nice."
" Okay, so then, you're actually going in sections 5 across. What about the mastic that you do?"
" Mastics that is rubber-based. I don't wanna use a water-based mastic with this product."
" Why not?"
" It'll cut the wood."
" Ah!"
" I've got about and a quarter inch trial. [unk] fairly thin. Alright, this is the line"
" I like the look of that mastic it's nice and gluey."
" I usually start on the outside just keep it fairly uniform. Press them into place and instill into the middle."
" And you're going absolutely randomly right? You're not trying to match one tile to the other?"
" No, I try to keep it as good as random as possible."
" I noticed that one has a big knot. Do you have to worry about knot popping out?"
" Usually the knot if they're gonna pop out, they've already done so."
" [unk] the spacing about even, little plus or minus trying to keep the lines fairly uniform."
" What's the nature of the mastic? How long will it be soft like that before you can go to your next step?"
" It takes a full 2 days before you can go to the grounding process before you can really walk on the floor."
" Okay."
" We'll do the last walls and the wall cuts I'll put a piece of plywood down work on top of that."
" This section of the kitchen floors has had 2 days to set up. This mastic has all dried. Now, chuck what is this process?"
" controlling in the grout."
" And what is the grout? It's not like what you would use with ceramic tile, it's something else."
" Well, maybe it's sawdust----"
" from this---- from the wood."
" Yeah."
" mixed with the fast-drying oil-based sealer."
" What's the ratio of the mixed?"
" Two parts sawdust about one parts of liquid"
" Great looking stuff."
" And you just dump it down."
" Just put it right on the floor push it into the cracks."
" Using a rubber tool there."
" Right, you can do it with your hand do it with a trowel, take out the excess or some form of [unk]."
" Isn't beautiful though, the grain of the wood?"
" And a trial of---- seal all the face, so take that out the excess----"
" so it doesn't dry on the top of the bricks."
" Yeah. And then how long does this have to sit before you can walk on it or is there another steps?"
" Overnight, the next day you would come back and put on another coat of oil based-sealer."
" Now Birger, how much maintenance is required to the floor like this?"
" Really very little. Apply oil a couple of times every 2 years, wax it once a year, and buff it once a month [unk]."
" So, you buff it regularly?"
" Yes."
" And imagine this is the kind of floor that really takes on a beautiful pristine."
" Beautifully."